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With all the changes and announcements in 2018, our Eurozone Hub has collated the following supervisory outlook for 2019 as a non-exhaustive “Playbook” for Banking Union Supervised Institutions and other regulated market participants already based in or otherwise relocating to the EU and/or the Eurozone.

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Project Development

From design through completion, project development is a complex convergence of interested parties, logistics, regulatory framework, and complicated, interlocking contractual structures. With a team of lawyers that knows how to navigate every stage of the development process, we’ll always keep your best interests in mind.

Whether you’re a project manager, investor or have another interest in a project’s development, our team of specialized lawyers and professionals works closely with you on a full range of issues, including:

Planning

Securing permits

Procurement

Site option control

Financing

Documentation

Dentons’ in-depth knowledge of your industry’s sector allows us to develop, negotiate and draft inventive solutions, tailored for your needs and identify, at the project’s early stages, critical milestones and potential risks.

Drawing on considerable experience in various sectors such as energy, natural resources, life sciences and mixed-use development, our lawyers and professionals see your industry as you do. Our team supports every step of your project, collaborating with other parties and stakeholders—installers, designers, technical advisors, local communities and others—on the path to successful results.

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Abu Dhabi National Oil Company: Advising on one of the world’s largest petrochemicals projects: the multibillion-dollar expansion of the Borouge plant at Ruwais in Abu Dhabi. We drew on the combined skills of our energy and technology teams, one of the largest and longest established practices in the Emirate and the Middle East region. Borouge is a joint venture of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company and Austrian petrochemicals giant Borealis.

AltaGas Ltd.: Advising on regulatory, commercial, and construction procurement matters and the development of the 195 MW Forrest Kerr Hydro-Electric Project and Northwest Transmission Line Project in British Columbia.

BC Hydro: Advising on the "Site C Project" (a 900 megawatt hydroelectric project in British Columbia with an estimated capital cost of approximately C$6 billion), acting as general counsel for finance, construction, procurement and commercial matters.

Dragados: Acting as counsel on the design-build joint venture for the Fraser Transportation Group (led by Dragados) regarding the South Fraser Perimeter Road (Gateway Program) highway project, which achieved financial close in July 2010.

Emirates Steel Industries PJSC and General Holding Corporation: Advising a subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi government’s General Holding Corporation (GHC) on project financing in relation to the US$1 billion expansion of a steel plant in Abu Dhabi. The expansion will be financed from a mixture of export credit agencies, Islamic and conventional sources. Dentons are advising ESI and GHC on the project contracts and all aspects of the financing. Dentons previously advised ESI and GHC on the financing of a US$2 billion expansion undertaken in 2010.

Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline: Advising on all aspects of the proposed dual pipeline between Edmonton, AB, and Kitimat, BC, and the marine terminal at Kitimat. Counseling the client during environmental assessments and National Energy Board proceedings and providing advice with respect to negotiations with aboriginal groups and governments, shipping and navigation reviews, commercial structuring, finance and construction.

Government of Canada: Acting as senior procurement and construction counsel on the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Division E Relocation Project, as well as acting as counsel to the Department of Justice on behalf of Public Works and Government Services Canada and the RCMP. This was the first major accommodation project in Canada that achieved financial close in April, 2010.

Infrastructure Québec and the Ministère des Transports du Québec: Advising on the design and construction of the main infrastructure of the Turcot Project in Montréal, a C$3 billion project.

Korea Electric Power Company, Mitsubishi Corporation and Wärtsilä: Advising a consortium comprised of Korea Electric Power Company, Mitsubishi Corporation and Wärtsilä on all legal aspects, including financing, of their successful bid to Jordan's National Electric Power Company (NEPCO) to develop a Wärtsilä tri-fuel engine-based power plant of 600 MW at Almanakher, Jordan on a build, own and operate basis.

Large provincial health authority: Advising in relation to their C$1 billion building program including a new hospital, renovations to existing hospitals, speciality health services facilities and other infrastructure such as parkades.

Natural Gas Company of Cyprus (DEFA): Advising in connection with the development of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal. This was DEFA’s first exposure to LNG markets and our extensive experience in 'first' importation projects was of considerable assistance to DEFA and the Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC). We supported DEFA throughout the LNG supplier selection process and negotiation of the terms for the LNG sale and purchase agreement. We also assisted DEFA and EAC in the evaluation of the terms and LNG prices available to DEFA from the shortlisted suppliers. Our work also involved advising on the terminal access arrangements and the gas sales agreement between DEFA and the EAC. We continue to assist DEFA drawing on our extensive experience in relation to gas sales and gas delivery technologies.

Oman Power and Water Procurement Company: Advising in connection with the development of an independent water project in Al Ghubrah. Our comprehensive suite of services included formulating project risk allocation, advising on all aspects of the competitive tendering process and drafting RFP and all project agreements.

Québec Ministry of Transportation: Advising in connection with the extension of Highway 30 under a public-private partnership structure.

UK Government, Department of Energy and Climate Change: Advising on the Government's program to commercialize carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology. This is a substantial project of international significance, at the leading edge of the development of this new global industry. The Government seeks to establish a cost-competitive CCS industry in the 2020s through up to £1 billion of capital funding and additional operational support. Our team is working with in-house colleagues on the competitive procurement of projects to develop the capture of CO2 from power generation, its transport offshore and permanent subsea storage. The project includes working with an entirely new regulatory framework. This comprises new legislation, the design and market testing of novel contracts for capital support, working with new contracts for difference under the Government’s wider Energy Market Reform program and the implementation of the European Union CCS Directive.

Dentons is pleased to announce that 22 of our lawyers have been ranked in this year’s IFLR1000: The Guide to the World's Leading Financial Law Firms. Of these, an impressive 10 were ranked for the first time, doubling our previous year’s results.

The Public Private Partnership Act No. 19 of 2010 (the Act) is the principal act made for the purpose of providing an institutional framework for the implementation of public private partnership (PPP) agreements. The Act outlines the rules and procedures of the procurement process and development of public and private sector partnerships.

Dentons acted as legal counsel to DTEK Renewables in relation to the implementation of the Orlovka Wind Farm project, in particular by providing legal support during contract negotiations with Vestas, a supplier of the equipment and the EPC contractor for the project. Orlovka Wind Farm is DTEK’s third project in the wind power sector with a total capacity of up to100 MW.

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